A Mint Cased German Fire Brigade Service Cross Second Class By Glaser & Sohn Archive Enlisting on October 4th 1915

Enlisting on October 4th 1915

measuring 43x51mm

crossed swords clasp above "KAINUU" clasp on an original ribbon

Below it he is identified as Regiment Commander in the SS-Panzergrenadier-Division “Totenkopf” (Death’s Head)

and Turkey (Ottoman Empire): Acre (Akka) Medal (silver

A Mint Cased German Fire Brigade Service Cross Second Class By Glaser & Sohn Archive Enlisting on October 4th 1915A textbook example of a third reich period German Feuerlschwesen Verdienstkreuz; two piece construction in silvered bronze and white, and red enamels; the obverse with a white enameled cross with a medallion applique in the centre bearing a black enamelled mobile swastika with a band between the arms, inscribed Fr Verdienste im Feuerlschwesen; the reverse plain, but maker marked Glaser & Sohn, Dresden; with a pierced ball suspension and a mint period